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> [“But the ruinous thing about growing up is that we stop creating mysteries where none exist, and worse, we usually try to deconstruct and deny the genuine mysteries that remain. We argue against God, against true romance, against loyalty and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/but-the-ruinous-thing-about-growing-up-is-that-we-stop-creating/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

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## More by Leif Enger

> [“A line only gets grace when it curves, you know.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/a-line-only-gets-grace-when-it-curves-you-know/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [Of all facial expressions, which is the worst to have aimed at you? Wouldn't you agree it's disgust?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/of-all-facial-expressions-which-is-the-worst-to-have-aimed-at-you/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [“Let me say something about that word: miracle. For too long it's been used to characterize things or events that, though pleasant, are entirely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/let-me-say-something-about-that-word-miracle-for-too-long-it-s-been/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [“I breathe deeply, and certainty enters into me like light, like a piece of science, and curious music seems to hum inside my fingers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/i-breathe-deeply-and-certainty-enters-into-me-like-light-like-a-piece/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [Pride is the rope God allows us all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/pride-is-the-rope-god-allows-us-all/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/sometimes-heroism-is-nothing-more-than-patience-curiosity-and-a/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [“Someday, you know, we're going to be shown the great ledger of our recorded decisions-a dread concept you nonetheless know in your deepest soul…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/someday-you-know-we-re-going-to-be-shown-the-great-ledger-of-our/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [“Dewey Hall was the only building on campus not made of brick, and the tornado came for it in absolute maturity, no umbilical growth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/dewey-hall-was-the-only-building-on-campus-not-made-of-brick-and-the/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [“If you can’t talk sense, don’t talk at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/if-you-can-t-talk-sense-don-t-talk-at-all/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [“You can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sin, you know, and cry tears doing it that are genuine as any.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/you-can-embark-on-new-and-steeper-versions-of-your-old-sin-you-know/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/real-miracles-bother-people-like-strange-sudden-pains-unknown-in/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [It is one thing to say you're at war with this whole world and stick your chest out believing it, but when the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/it-is-one-thing-to-say-you-re-at-war-with-this-whole-world-and-stick/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [“It is one thing to be sick of your own infirmities and another to understand that the people you love most are sick of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/it-is-one-thing-to-be-sick-of-your-own-infirmities-and-another-to/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [Be careful whom you choose to hate. The small and the vulnerable own a protection great enough, if you could but see it, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/be-careful-whom-you-choose-to-hate-the-small-and-the-vulnerable-own-a/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

> [Once torched by truth...a little thing like faith is easy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leif-enger/once-torched-by-truth-a-little-thing-like-faith-is-easy/)

[Leif Enger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leif-enger/)

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